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Armand-Jacques Leroy de Saint-Arnaud: Quick Facts

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Born August 20, 1798 • Paris • France
Died September 29, 1854 (aged 56)
Role In Battle of Alma • Crimean War

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Saint-Arnaud; detail from a lithograph by Antoine Maurin
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